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Prehistoric Settlement Trends on San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands, Alta California

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Pages 1-32 | Published online: 22 May 2015
 

Abstract

Analysis of temporal and spatial patterns in settlement between San Clemente and San Nicolas islands suggest that the trajectory of human adaptations differed significantly. On San Clemente, site densities increased dramatically during the latter portion of the late Holocene, including numerous small-sized upland residential sites targeting terrestrial resources. In contrast, occupation of San Nicolas was intensive and constant from the latter half of the middle Holocene onward, and subsistence was more marine-oriented. These divergent trends in land use intensity and settlement organization were driven in part by modest geographic and environmental differences between the islands tied to land mass, annual rainfall, and terrestrial vegetation.

Una comparación de los patrones temporales y espaciales de asentamientos entre las islas de San Clemente y San Nicolás sugiere que la trayectoria de las adaptaciones humanas se diferenció significativamente entre esos. En San Clemente, la densidad de sitios aumentó dramáticamente durante la última parte del Holoceno tardío, incluyendo muchos sitios residenciales de tamaño pequeño en las tierras altas donde se enfocaron en recursos terrestres. A diferencia de San Clemente, la ocupación de San Nicolás fue intensiva y constante desde la última mitad del Holoceno medio en adelante, y la subsistencia se orientó más hacia los recursos marinos. Estas tendencias divergentes en la intensidad del uso de la tierra y en la organización de asentamientos resultaron en parte por modestas diferencias geográficas y ambientales entre las islas relacionadas con sus tamaños, la precipitación anual, y la vegetación terrestre.

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